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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

July 2025

	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	356	345	392	-3.1%	13.6%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting				0.0%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	43	59	54	37.2%	-8.5%
31	Manufacturing	37	79	79	113.5%	0.0%
42	Wholesale Trade	10	11	25	10.0%	127.3%
44	Retail Trade	24	23	34	-4.2%	47.8%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	21	17		-19.0%	0.0%
51	Information				0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance				0.0%	0.0%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing				0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	12			0.0%	0.0%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	16			0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	20	10	11	-50.0%	10.0%
61	Educational Services	79	46	69	-41.8%	50.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	41	43	38	4.9%	-11.6%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	10	18	18	80.0%	0.0%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin				0.0%	0.0%
92	Public Administration				0.0%	0.0%
99	Unclassified				0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations			18	0.0%	0.0%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	78	57	54	-26.9%	-5.3%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ				0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	12	15	22	25.0%	46.7%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	17	25	30	47.1%	20.0%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.				0.0%	0.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	12	14	18	16.7%	28.6%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	26	22	24	-15.4%	9.1%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations			10	0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	60	64	65	6.7%	1.6%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
510000	Production Occupations	33	45	50	36.4%	11.1%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	34	29	19	-14.7%	-34.5%
990000	Unknown	36	34	43	-5.6%	26.5%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	17	20	37	17.6%	85.0%
	12 years	134	146	177	9.0%	21.2%
	13-15 years	168	140	140	-16.7%	0.0%
	Over 15 years	37	39	38	5.4%	-2.6%
Sex
	Male	165	191	190	15.8%	-0.5%
	Female	191	154	202	-19.4%	31.2%
Age
	Under age 22	10	12	23	20.0%	91.7%
	Age 22 to 29	49	53	64	8.2%	20.8%
	Age 30 to 39	83	78	87	-6.0%	11.5%
	Age 40 to 49	81	77	81	-4.9%	5.2%
	Age 50 to 59	75	72	91	-4.0%	26.4%
	Age 60 to 64	34	29	26	-14.7%	-10.3%
	Age 65 and over	19	23	19	21.1%	-17.4%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	308	297	326	-3.6%	9.8%
	Black or African American,	15	14	15	-6.7%	7.1%
	American Indian or Alaska Native				0.0%	0.0%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	27	32	48	18.5%	50.0%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	282	283	282	0.4%	-0.4%
	Hispanic or Latino	41	34	81	-17.1%	138.2%
	Ethnicity Unknown	33	28	29	-15.2%	3.6%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	240	656	362	173.3%	-44.8%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	325	375	350	15.4%	-6.7%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,058	1,004	954	-5.1%	-5.0%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	597	549	471	-8.0%	-14.2%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	558	524	439	-6.1%	-16.2%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	356	345	392	-3.1%	13.6%
	Kandiyohi County	124	105	171	-15.3%	62.9%
	McLeod County	108	112	104	3.7%	-7.1%
	Meeker County	87	73	70	-16.1%	-4.1%
	Renville County	37	55	47	48.6%	-14.5%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	162	128	258	-21.0%	101.6%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	686	808	660	17.8%	-18.3%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,432	1,582	1,450	10.5%	-8.3%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	500	513	333	2.6%	-35.1%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	689	817	673	18.6%	-17.6%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,315	1,528	1,188	16.2%	-22.3%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	10,274	10,974	10,517	6.8%	-4.2%

All Initials Total new and reactivated applications for unemployment benefits.

Regular Continued The number of ongoing requests during the week including the 12th of the month.

Regular and PUA Continued The number of ongoing requests during the week including the 12th of the month for benefits under the regular and Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) UI programs.

Extended Continued The number of ongoing requests during the week including the 12th of the month under current extension programs.

Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

July 2025

EDR 6E- Southwest Central